Cushion-tire.



PATENTBD JULY 24, 1906.

T. HOWARD.

CUSHION TIRE; nrmcumnrnm SEPT. 28, 1005.

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KENTUCKY.

cushion-Tins.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 28, 1905. Serial No. 280,524.

Patented Juries, 1906.

hereby declare theiollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such

as will nable others skilled in the art to which i appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to vehicle-wheels, and ore particularly to the tires thereof.

0 e ob ect is to provide a tire embodying suchj characteristics as to produce a cushion ing eiiect without necessarily employing rubber tubes; r

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of an exceedingly simple,inexpensive, durable, and efficient tire for vehi ole-Wheels.

With these andother obj present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes in the form, pro ortion, size, and minor details ma be of the claim wit out departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a vehicle-wheel, partly in section,

embodying m invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectiona view of a portion of the rim of the wheel.

, Referring nowto the drawings, the present have invented certain new and useful member Improvements in Cushion-Tires; and I do i 4, which l ble, suitable material 1, properly treatedi dirt or other foreignmateri'alfinding its way a into the channel 3 of the outer memb In order to hold the inner member 2 away from the bottom 1, I provide a series ofhelical springs latter are secured at one end to the bottom of the channel 3 and at their opposite end to the correspon'din peripheral side 0' the inner member 2 I %y reason of these springs and their disposition with relation to the inner and outer action between the members does not 0cca' sion jar to the vehicle. While danger of unnecessary noise or rattling between the membars 1 and 2 inthe use of the'wheel is not liasuch, for instance, as cloth''may be used in any suitable manner between the said parts. ects 1n viewthe Lateral ribs 6 are formed upon the inner member 2 for engagement with the edges of the sides of'theouter member 1 to limit the inward movement of the member -2 with respect to the member 1.

What is claimed is A cushioned tire comprising an outer member of channel shape, open at its inner periphery, an inner member movably engaged at its outer portion within the channel, springs located between the outer face of the inner member and the outer member, sai inner member having lateral ribs arranged to receive the inner edges of the outer member thereagainst, to limit the inward movement of the outer member, and filling-pieces secured to the outer member and extending be invention comprises an outer tire 1, which is' l tween the outer member and the side faces of channel-shaped in cross-section for the movable rece tion therein of an inner member 2. It will e seen that each member 1 and 2 is formed of a single piece of material and that the member 2 fits between the side flanges of the channel-shaped outer member 1. Sincethe outer member 1 overlaps the inner member 2, there is very little, if any, possibility of Witnesses P. M. 'DINKELSPEEL, MAMIE KELLY.

members 1 and 2 a cush ioning effect is manifest betweenthe said members, and consequently of the channel 3 of the outer 'rnpinis HOWARD. i 

